When I return, she’s stitched orchid redolent cloves into oranges, dipped the perfumed circle in the violet of orris root and tucked amber apples in mountain laurel. It’s Christmas and the humble orange is now pomander, more than it was by adornment, though less than once, that sought gift. She remembers scents’ protection, burns beeswax […]
Max Heinegg
Max Heinegg is a high school English teacher in Medford, MA. His first book, Good Harbor, won the inaugural Paul Nemser Prize from Lily Poetry Review. His poems have appeared in 32 Poems, Thrush, Nimrod, Borderlands, and Kestrel, among others. Find him on the web at www.maxheinegg.com